All twelve manufacturer riders are again present for the three-day test, plus the Forward Racing and BQR 'Claiming Rule Teams'.

Factory Ducati rider Nicky Hayden and Tech 3 Yamaha's Andrea Dovizioso will be hoping their healing injuries will allow for greater track time than at the first test, while Karel Abraham (Cardion AB) could struggle with a back injury sustained at the recent private Jerez test.

World champion Casey Stoner - fastest at the first test - was last on track, shortly before 11am.

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While it's still far from the second coming of the "little yellow god" (to quote an old poem), it looks a lot more encouraging so far with hopefully a fair degree of development potential still - having started further back and playing catch up. For race fans, the more competitive bike and rider combinations the better. Only football-minded tribalists would want to see total domination by their favourite at the expense of good racing, although there's still the enjoyment of watching a rider doing what he does best if he can clear off in front. Unfortunately, in that case, TV directors tend to cut to the pit crews, team bosses and wags far too often and for far too long because they think "nothing's going on." It's infuriating when trying to spot things such as whether an apparent top end advantage is really due to faster corner exit and they keep cutting away at crucial moments.